COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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The first generation of computers used vacuum tubes. Why were they replaced by the transistor?
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Transistor technology was fully mature
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Vacuum tubes are too small to work with and were expensive
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Transistors made computers heavier and more substantial
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Vacuum tubes consumed a lot of energy and generated excessive heat
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Note: Because the transistor was so much smaller and consumed significantly less power, a computer system built with transistors was also much smaller, faster, and more efficient than a computer system built with vacuum tubes.
Detailed explanation-2: -For the memory and taking up the big rooms, the vacuum tubes were used on the first generation of a computer for the magnetic drums and the circuitry.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vacuum tubes require much higher power than transistor device. This is the main advantages of the transistor which makes transistor portable and lightweight equipment. Vacuum tubes are heavier equipment than transistor device.
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